58 -- TANDBERG PORTABLE 6000 MXP

The Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Special Communications Requirements (SCR) Division (Code 4.5.11), St. Inigoes, MD, has a requirement for ?Brand Name Mandatory? TANDBERG video presentation and teleconferencing equipment. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 334220, ?Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing? with a size standard of 750 employees. This procurement is solicited as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price Contract on a ?Brand Name Mandatory? basis for the Tandberg products listed below under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 ?Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.? Tandberg is the sole manufacturer of the required equipment that meets the Joint Special Operations Command Unit Integrated Communications Vehicle (JSOC ICV) program. As required, the Tandberg equipment utilizes a transportable video teleconferencing device with embedded encryption for authentication and security that will ensure a high level of quality for video presentations and audio communication transfer. The program requires a video teleconferencing device with a design that is compact to fit within a compartment that is twenty-one (21) inches wide and eight (8) inches tall within the ICV. Since the video teleconferencing device will be utilized to communicate with other ICV located in various areas, it is vital to the program that the device be able to join, at minimum, six (6) video and five (5) audio sites with multi-site functionality. The device must protect against network interruptions in location to location and multi-location calls. These characteristics are vital to sustain communications sites that may be located in remote areas. Only Tandberg can supply the requested video teleconferencing device that meets project requirements. These packages will be applied to both commercial and military vehicle/platforms for overseas operations. Award is anticipated by 1 March 2007. Contract is to be FOB Destination to Receiving Officer, NAWCAD, Building 8115, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010, and shall be Marked For (M/F) as specified. Inspection and acceptance shall be made at destination. The DPAS rating for this solicitation is N/A. The ?Brand Name Mandatory? Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) and Descriptions for this procurement are: ** CLIN 0001 - P/N: 113540, Portable 6000 MXP - (Qty ? 4 Units Ea); CLIN 0002 - P/N: 113827 Natural Presenter Package (NPP) - (Qty ? 4 Units Ea); CLIN 0003 - P/N: 113827MS, Portable 6000 MXP (Multi-Site Option) - (Qty ? 4 Units Ea); CLIN 0004 - P/N: 1138573, Portable 6000 MXP 2Mbps Bandwidth - (Qty ? 4 Units Ea); CLIN 0005 - P/N: 113540V04, Portable MXP Customer Core Advanced Service - (Qty ? 4 Units Ea). ** THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES FOR ITEMS OTHER THAN THE BRAND NAME TANDBERG EQUIPMENT LISTED IN THIS SYNOPSIS. ** The Government will accept quotes from all responsible sources with the capability to provide the brand name products cited above and will award a contract resulting from this RFP to the responsible vendor whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is considered to be most advantageous to the Government. Quote is due to Rosa Harding, Contract Specialist, Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division, Building 8110, Unit 11, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010, by 3:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 27 February 2007. The Government reserves the right to process the procurement on a Brand Name Mandatory basis based upon the responses received. The Government will not pay for any information received. Facsimile proposals shall be accepted. For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Rosa Harding, Contract Specialist, Code 251231, telephone number (301) 995-6037 or via e-mail at rosa.harding@navy.mil. If an Offeror is not able to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, please fax correspondence/requests to the point of contact above at facsimile (301) 995-8670. The Procuring Contracting Officer is Josephine A. Scully, telephone number (301) 995-8117 / e-mail josephine.scully@navy.mil.